Host Pete Forster brings you the best of Swiss innovation. The Lab podcast feed Host Pete Forster brings you the best of Swiss innovation. The Lab podcast feed WRS WRS web@wrs.ch en Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:30:07 UT Sun, 03 May 2009 16:34:03 GMT Big Medium 2.0.8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lab/index.shtml (C) WRS 2009 News & Politics no CSI might be a good television program, but most specialists will tell you the science behind the show is more or less rubbish. Pete Forster looks into the real deal on this week’s edition of The Lab. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:45:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lab/the-lab-pathology-and-forensics.shtml?14849 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-4849 Programmes/The Lab With over 10,000 new plant varieties registered every year, the science of new plant life is alive and well. Pete Forster takes a look. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:30:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lab/the-lab-creating-plant-life.shtml?14700 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-4700 Programmes/The Lab Pete Forster explores the sense of smell, talking to a master perfumier about the complexities involves in modelling the smell of a rose, and the scientist behind the famous ’sweaty t-shirt experiment’ into the role of the olfactory sense in sexual attraction. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:30:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lab/the-lab-the-science-of-smell.shtml?14557 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-4557 Programmes/The Lab Pete Forster attempts to do what science has so far failed to; understand the human brain. How much do we know about how the centre of our decision making works? And how much will we ever know? Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:00:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lab/the-lab-cognising-the-brain.shtml?14457 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-4457 Programmes/The Lab Pete Forster somnambulates his way through a programme that explores sleep, the recovery mechanism known to be common to almost all forms of animal life, but whose evolutionary benefit remains little understood. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:58:13 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lab/the-lab-the-science-of-sleep.shtml?14041 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-4041 Programmes/The Lab Pete Forster explores the cutting edge of sailing technology, from the world’s first solar-powered boat - currently under construction in Switzerland - to a boat that would leave the Americas Cup-winning Alinghi team far behind, with a top speed of 61kts, possible because it flies, reducing drag from the water. Tue, 26 May 2009 16:30:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lab/the-lab-sailing-the-seas-of-science.shtml?13922 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-3922 Programmes/The Lab Pete Forster has a dinosaur-themed edition of the Lab.You’ll find here everything you always wanted to know about our prehistoric friends, including how much a dinosaur skeleton will set you back, and what’s wrong with the extinction theory known as the ’irriduim anomaly.’ Tue, 19 May 2009 17:00:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lab/the-lab-dinosaurs.shtml?13837 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-3837 Programmes/The Lab Pete Forster dons his white coat and safety goggles and takes a look through the week in science, visiting the prestigious Las Vegas hacking contest Defcon, and assessing the scientific virtues - or otherwise - of the latest Dan Brown thriller to hit the silver screen, Angels and Demons. Wed, 13 May 2009 07:45:07 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lab/the-lab-hacking-with-the-best.shtml?13635 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-3635 Programmes/The Lab Pete Forster has the first in a new series showcasing Swiss innovation, this week featuring a report on the Lausanne-based scientist’s recently-completed project to map the complete genome of cows, an interview with Keith Campbell - the scientist behind ’Dolly’, the first successfully cloned animal - and an enquiry into how mice’s sense of smell is so acute that it is able to detect illness in fellow mice before symptoms develop. Wed, 06 May 2009 09:31:40 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lab/the-lab-cows-dna-mapped.shtml?13460 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-3460 Programmes/The Lab